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City of Dewey gets new fire trucks

The City of Dewey now has two new trucks to add to its emergency preparedness.

According to Dewey City Manager Kevin Trease, the fire department just completed the purchase of two new brush trucks.

“The trucks were purchased by the city as a capital improvement,” Trease told the Examiner-Enterprise. “The fire department personnel (raised money to purchase) a new bed, tanks, etc., to complete the apparatus.”

He said that because the Dewey Fire Department is a volunteer department, fire department personnel “dedicated countless hours on these two trucks.”

“The items purchased for the trucks by the fire department was from funds obtained through the department’s yearly fundraisers such as the pancake feeds and raffles,” he said.

Both trucks were purchased for just under $90,000 — a feat Trease said could not have happened if the city had worked alone to raise the money.

“If we were to purchase one brush truck comparable to these, the cost would be easily over $100,000,” he said, noting that the labor and personnel to raise the money would have been added into the cost.

“I find that truly amazing, because the quality of work completed by these men is awesome. I would like to publicly thank each person that put in any amount of time getting these trucks in service for our community.”

He added that in light of “how the department has utilized a great deal of their donated dollars,” Trease hopes the public will get out and support its yearly raffle giveaways for the Fourth of July.